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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation therapy for pancreatic insulinoma: an unusual strategy

SUMMARY: Insulinomas are the most frequent cause of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia. Although surgical enucleation is the standard treatment, a few other options are available to high-risk patients who are elderly or present with co-morbidities. We present a case report of an 89-year-old female pati...

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Autores principales: de Sousa Lages, Adriana, Paiva, Isabel, Oliveira, Patrícia, Portela, Francisco, Carrilho, Francisco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-16-0145